Day: August 22, 2018

Image copyright AFP Image caption Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed the IS “caliphate” in Mosul’s al-Nuri mosque in July 2014 The Islamic State group (IS) has released an audio message purporting to come from its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In the message, the first since September last year, the voice addresses IS supporters. Although the audio…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Statues of Sir John A Macdonald, like this one in Toronto, are being debated in Canada Canada’s first prime minister has been scrubbed – at least for now – from government websites in Scotland due to his treatment of indigenous people. References to Glasgow-born Sir John A Macdonald have…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The band has two of the top three selling albums in history Michael Jackson’s Thriller has been overtaken as the all-time best-selling album by the Eagles’ greatest hits, and that band’s album Hotel California is at number three. What is the spooky title track all about, asks Alan Connor.…

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Two RAF Typhoons were scrambled after a suspected Russian aircraft approached Nato airspace Nato has traded barbs with Russia’s Vladimir Putin after he accused the alliance of moving its military assets closer to the Russian border. Mr Putin said Russia must strengthen its own capabilities in response. Nato then…

Chloe Grace Moretz’s new film tackles the controversial issue of gay conversion therapy – an issue that’s close to home for the actress. In The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Moretz plays a teenager sent away to a Christian gay conversion camp in the 1990s.

Image copyright Reuters Saudi Arabia is reported to have cancelled its plans to sell shares in state oil giant Aramco, which had been billed as the largest flotation ever. The group of financial advisers working on a plan to sell 5% of the company domestically and internationally has been disbanded, Reuters reports. The wire service…

Image copyright Getty Images As the swirl of legal drama around Donald Trump grows, it will be increasingly difficult for Democrats to avoid direct questions about the “I word” – impeachment – even if the topic makes many on the left squirm with discomfort. On Tuesday Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer stood in a New…

Image copyright Iowa Police Handout Image caption Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, has been charged with murder in the first degree A Mexican undocumented immigrant accused of murdering Iowa student Mollie Tibbetts claims to have no memory of her death, police say. According to a criminal complaint, Cristhian Bahena Rivera, 24, confessed to following the 20-year-old…

Image copyright Promerita Real Estate A Canadian home destroyed by fire is raising eyebrows after it was put on the market for C$3.9m ($3m, £2.3m). A blaze took hold of the home last December and its owners had to foreclose. Its real estate agent says the price tag is fair, considering Vancouver’s scorching property market.…